Mechanical toy



MECHANICAL TOY.

APPL'ICAHON mm AUG-22 I916. 1,377,054. Patented May 3, 1921.

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MECHANICALTOY.

APPLICAHON FILED AUG-22, 1916.

1,377,054, Patented May 3,1921.

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JOHN IBOE, OF GRAVELBOURG, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA MECHANICAL TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 22, 1916. Serial No. 116,373.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Bon, a subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at Gravelbourg, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MechanicalToys, of which the following 7 is a specification.

This invention relates to improvemnts in mechanical toys, one object ofthe invention being the provision of an amusing toy that simulates athreshing machine in miniature,

it having amain casing in which is mounted mlniature mechanism forthreshing the straw, separating the grain therefrom, and separating thestraw and carrying it away from the machine.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a toy, which issimple, durable and comparatively inexpensive, it also being ornamentaland attractive in appearance.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecomplete toy. V

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken from the opposite side.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the completetoy.

Fig. 4; is a perspective view of the feeding table and blower boxcasing.

Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are detail views of various elements of the toy.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the casing of themachine, which is provided with the top 11, having the rei cessedportion 12, with the opening 13, at

the end of the feedingtable T, the portion 141 at the openingcooperating with the depressed portion 15, to form a receptacle for thefeed knives 16, the endless feeder chains 17 being mounted for movementabout the table.

Intermediate of the lower portion of the casing 10 is the grain hopper18, in which is mounted the feeding screw 19, that delivers the threshedgrain to the lower end of the elevator chute 20, in which is mounted theendless conveyer or elevator 21, which delivers into the directing spout22.

Also journaled in the casing to receive the material is the threshingcylinder 24, the

riorly of the casing and connected by the belt 25, so that such beltwill operate the feeder belt, the feed knives, the cylinder, and alsothe feed screw 19, a hand operated'member 26 being provided so that a'child may rotate it and operate the various parts of the. toy.

A blower or fan- 27 is mounted at the front of the casing near thetapered portion that the same being connected by the belt 29 with theshaft of the threshing cylinder. Thus the blower shaft forms in realitya drive element for all of the various rotary parts of the toy. V l

The concave 32 is also mounted in the casing 10, so that the present toyforms a miniature threshing machine, which may be operated by hand, orby a small electric motor, or the like, if so desired.

Also disposed within the casing to receive the straw from the concaveand deliver it to the blower 27, is an endless conveyor 33, driven bythe belt 34: from the shaft of the threshing cylinder 24;. 1

Mounted between the laps of the conveyor 33, is a plate 35 having thescreen 36, through which the grain falls into the hop per 18. a

What I claim, assnew, is

A device of the kind described comprising a casing, a grain hopperdepending below the casing and disposed transversely thereacross, anelevator chute disposed beside the casing and connecting at its bottomwith the grain hopper, the elevator chute being open at its upper endbut having a downwardly directed inclined discharge spout, a feedscrewrotatably mounted in the hopper and having a shaft one end of whichPatented May 3, 1921.

shaft of the cylinder being extended exte- 1 leads to the straw stackeror outlet pipe 28,

is journaled in the elevator chute, the shaft v JOHN OE.

